parlor
英 美 ['pɑrl?]
- n. 客廳；會客室；業(yè)務(wù)室
- adj. 客廳的
助記提示
1、parl- + -or ( -our ).
2、含義就是：會談、談話、交談的房間。
中文詞源
parlor 客廳，店鋪，店面來自古法語parler,說話，詞源同parley,Parliament.引申詞義說話的地方，會客室，后用于指店鋪，店面等。
英文詞源
- parlor (n.)
- c. 1200, parlur, "window through which confessions were made," also "apartment in a monastery for conversations with outside persons;" from Old French parleor "courtroom, judgment hall, auditorium" (12c., Modern French parloir), from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)).
Sense of "sitting room for private conversation" is late 14c.; that of "show room for a business" (as in ice cream parlor) first recorded 1884. As an adjective, "advocating radical views from a position of comfort," 1910.
雙語例句
- 1. Leroy stole up the hall to the parlor.
- 勒羅伊偷偷穿過門廳走到客廳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.
- 她躺在客廳的一張小長椅上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. She had a facial at the beauty parlor.
- 她在美容院做了一次美容.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The parlor overlooks the street.
- 這客廳可俯瞰街道.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. They were conversing in the parlor.
- 他們正在客廳談話.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》